News & Reports
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Domestic Workers
Recruitment black market leaves domestic workers more vulnerable in Kuwait
Pandemic policies continues to impact the sector, with workers bearing the brunt.
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Health and Safety
[Video]: Dropping Dead: Qatar’s death certificates for migrant workers are a template for denial
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi private schools exploit migrant women on dependent visas
Struggling to find jobs amid Saudisation, migrant women on dependent visas work off-the-books for private schools in conditions ripe for exploitation
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Detention & Deportation
Religious and caste affiliations don’t give space for fight for labour rights in the GCC
A Q&A with the author of Undocumented: Stories of Indian Migrants in the Arab Gulf
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Saudi Arabia
From trafficking to sexual abuse, racial discrimination aggravates abuse of African women in Saudi
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Health and Safety
Dropping Dead
Qatar’s death certificates for migrant workers are a template for denial
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UAE
UAE labour reforms include flexible employment options, but details remain unclear
In Brief
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On November 4, the Kuwait Public Authority for Manpower’s (PAM) Board of Directors approved the cancellation of decision No. 520 of 2020 which had blocked migrants aged 60+ who hold less than a university degree from obtaining residency permits.
According to the new regulations, the above-mentioned residents can renew their permits for KD500 (1,656 USD) per year, in addition to the estimated cost of private health insurance (between KD500 and KD700 annually.)
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A group of UN special rapporteurs have drawn attention to the trafficking of Vietnamese women to Saudi Arabia, who are then subjected to sexual abuse and torture. Though the statement is specific to the Vietnam-Saudi corridor, trafficking of women and extreme abuse of women in domestic work is pervasive across the region. Except for the scant protections of a domestic workers law in four of the GCC states, there are no effective measures to protect women who are employed in households and living in isolation.
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Kuwait’s budget crunch, liquidity crises, and labour force nationalisation schemes have resulted in a large-scale termination of foreign workers, and a devastating impact on non-Kuwaiti government employees. According to various media reports, the Kuwaiti government is several months overdue in paying end-of-service benefits to terminated and resigned migrant workers.
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In Brief
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On November 4, the Kuwait Public Authority for Manpower’s (PAM) Board of Directors approved the cancellation of decision No. 520 of 2020 which had blocked migrants aged 60+ who hold less than a university degree from obtaining residency permits.
According to the new regulations, the above-mentioned residents can renew their permits for KD500 (1,656 USD) per year, in addition to the estimated cost of private health insurance (between KD500 and KD700 annually.)
Read more -
A group of UN special rapporteurs have drawn attention to the trafficking of Vietnamese women to Saudi Arabia, who are then subjected to sexual abuse and torture. Though the statement is specific to the Vietnam-Saudi corridor, trafficking of women and extreme abuse of women in domestic work is pervasive across the region. Except for the scant protections of a domestic workers law in four of the GCC states, there are no effective measures to protect women who are employed in households and living in isolation.
Read more -
Kuwait’s budget crunch, liquidity crises, and labour force nationalisation schemes have resulted in a large-scale termination of foreign workers, and a devastating impact on non-Kuwaiti government employees. According to various media reports, the Kuwaiti government is several months overdue in paying end-of-service benefits to terminated and resigned migrant workers.
Read more
